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1 April, 2026

24 Frames with the Fujica GW690III in Brighton on Valentine’s Day, 2026 (3 Whole Rolls)

By Simon King

1 April, 2026

/ Expired Film, Film Theory, Ilford Delta 3200, Ilford Film, ilford FP4+, Kodak Film, Kodak T-max 100, /

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6 December, 2021

Ernst Leitz (Leica) Elmar 9cm f/4 Collapsible – The Near Perfect Slow Lens – By Agata Urbaniak

By Agata Urbaniak

This is a review of the Ernst Leitz (Leica) Elmar 9cm f/4 Collapsible lens. Hamish recently reviewed the huge and very fast TT Artisan 90mm 1.25. This is perhaps the antithesis ...

5 December, 2021

Carbon: A Photographic Project – By Dan Zorg

By danzorg

Carbon is a photography project shot by me and my friend Fabio Passoni from 2020 and the beginning of 2021, in the middle of the Covid pandemic. In late summer of 2019 we had ju...

4 December, 2021

Street Protests on Film: Leica M2 and Rolleiflex 2.8F – By Exphotog

By exphotog

I remember covering the Black Lives Matter protests in the US a few years ago--before I made the switch to analog full time--vividly: the police sirens, blocked streets, chantin...

3 December, 2021

Photosynthesis: A Double-Exposure Art Project – By Ben Felten

By Ben Felten

In March and April of last year I published two articles on 35mmc detailing my experiments in double-exposures. For a while now I’ve been meaning to come back and tell mor...

2 December, 2021

Continuing to Learn C-41 Developing – A Learning Journey By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

I promised a couple of commenters on my last article that I would share some of the “normal” images from my first batch of C-41 developing. Now that I’ve also shared some result...

1 December, 2021

Self-Portrait in Hotels – by Michiko Ohashi

By Michiko Ohashi

I was born and raised in Tokyo, which is where I still live – in the downtown area, full of old tenements and traditional coffee shops. I graduated from junior college speciali...

30 November, 2021

Photography Through The Pandemic – A Spotlight on the Artists: Pt 3

By Holly Gilman

Welcome to part three of our Spotlight on the Artists. In each article I’ll be sharing five of our contributors with you, telling you a little bit about their work and whe...

30 November, 2021

The Pentax MZ-M (ZX-M) Review – The Ultimate Beginner’s 35mm SLR? – By Iain Paterson

By Iain Paterson

Look at virtually any of the online guides recommending the best SLRs for newcomers to film photography and a shortlist soon becomes familiar: Pentax K1000, Canon AE-1, Olympus ...

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Gary Smith on 24 Frames with the Fujica GW690III in Brighton on Valentine’s Day, 2026 (3 Whole Rolls)
The shots on T-Max work best for me.
Gary Smith on Never meet your heros – Misadventures in Camera Repair Land
Although I've braved cracking open mechanical watches I don't think I'll ever touch a camera with any electronic guts (probably…
Mark Azavedo on 24 Frames with the Fujica GW690III in Brighton on Valentine’s Day, 2026 (3 Whole Rolls)
A very informative article, both technically and aesthetically

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